The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-06
a. A REFORM POsrIAsTKn
Doing Democratic Campaign Printing at
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| }5|g Government Expense. 6.f}rF
PnlLADRLPnlA, Oct. 5.-rho Pres to.da,
has the following: Postmaster Hsrrity Of
Saturday last told the Pres that tho Gov
ernment printlng.room in the postollic,
had never been used for the getting out 0
Democratic Job printing. In another col
umn will be found q facsimile Of th,
"copy" for one piece Of work done In th,
Office at the expense oi Uncle Sam for th,
benefit Of the Dsmocya.o OF tho Twenty
ninth ward. ,f iiG4i D
The work was cali Tor a meeting OF ar
Executive Committee, and 1t was turned
into the PoatoHce, as alleged by Maeis
trate Richard @. Lloyd, the committee't
chairman. On the corner OF the copy ap.
poare tho order OF Julius ]. Vogel, who
has charge Of the Postoflice stationary sup.
plies, for Mr.. Frysinger, the printer, who
performed tho job, Of courae, with Gov.
eminent type and Ink and on tho new
federal quarto Gordon p1ess that the
authorities decently bought. ~
Il Nit. Vogel admitted last. night that he
was responsible for tho work, and he
strongly denied that MI. Harritv knew
anything about it. Mr.. Harrity also d.
MED knowledge OF tho matter. 1T2r =
Edward ]. Frysinger, the postoflics prin.
ter who resigned from that position bo.
cause Mr.. Harrlty refused to pay him Tor
nine days work or to increase bis pay TO
the amount that he thought the duties
deserved, 10 tho man who makea the
charge that, by the Instruction OF hio
superior, he was obliged, to do the Demo.
cratic printing. Ho is bright little man,
very much respected In Chester, where he
edits q paper called the Business Mirror.
His father ia the owner Of tho Chester
Democrat and occupies a position in the
Philadelphia custom house. 6 " g-.I,:
This entire matter has been made pub.
lie against my will" said Mr.. Frysinper
yesterday, "but since Mr.. Hsrrity has
given me the lie direct I feel bound 10
support my originats!atemsnt, which, BY
the way, was not intended for publica.
ton. have boen a printer for eigh.
teen years, and L went into
the postoffice with tho recommended
tions Of the bankers and bnsinpes
men OF Chester. The frat Niece Of polIti.
cal printing did in the postoflce was a
week or two after took the place. It was
done at the requeet Of Mr.. Vo2el. Two
days afterwards Vogel came down and
said to me that we were not going to do
any more Democratic printing for fear Of
being found ont. Two weeks later, how
ever, there came a postal card for me to
print which read as follows: ~ ,'73
"sBy request Of tue Dam, City Ex.
HnTy, WIN IN ,,;t,d ~, i
tend meeting Of the Democratic Ex.
Com. OF the Twenty. ninth ward to be held
at Quantrell'a Hall, Eighteenth and Ridge
avenue, on Wednesday evening, June /,
1887, at s:l5 o'clock, sharp, for the purpose
OF organic ,t!ou. Please be present.
- 90 "'I'Yours, &C., r. q. LLOYD.
"'Chsirman Ward Conn.,
Written in one corner OF the order was
the following from Clerk Vogel: 'Mr. Fry.
Ginger, please set to ezs Of pos.al card. J.
J. V. 5-27-'S7. 5'5, - !
Il got this out, but mex. time I saw
Vogel said to him: 4 thought there
wss to be no more Democratic printing ~
Well, was the reply, the Postmaster
says he is willing for us to do it, but It
must be in such way that he can alway s
S"J 10 NaoW AoIulbS iApuut 4Is a--Lff
:" But l objsc.ed, who is this Mr..
Lloyd that ptinted this for? Suppose
be goes TO talking about it, q - 4
"'Oh, no, he WON'T Vogel declared,
Tor he owes his position as magistrate to
Harrity.' ~ w z3s.lS.IS =,
"once Mr.. Claridge, the assistant super.
intendent Of tho mailing department, had
been waiting for come printing for two
weeke. He got angry and came to me and
said: I don't like you to be spending
your time turning out personal work for
the Postmaster. CANT you do e little Of
fee work now and then?' told this to
Voeel and be ran and told Harrity. The
Postmaster asked to have the circum.
stances written down in tho form of a
charge against Clarldge, and Vogel told
me not to bo afraid Of making my descrip.
ton Of the scsne too strong, because he or
they were looking for pretsxt for bounc.
ing Claridgs." lis 3 =, ''7. a